Lorde Makes Music History!

Ella Yelich-O'Connor is probably a lot like you—she's 16, she's in high school, and she's never been to New York or LA. What makes her pretty amazing? She's the first female to top Billboard's Alternative Songs Chart in 17 years!

Known as Lorde, the New Zealander is preparing for her first album, Pure Heroine, to debut next month.

"I think I'm different because my music is accessible, but it's also smart and those are two things that don't often go together musically. I think it's probably because I'm an Internet kid," she told The Huffington Post in July. "I'd like to think I'm doing something different."

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No matter what you think of Lorde's music, it's working for her—her first single (and the song that made it to Number One), "Royals," sold 85,000 copies in a week.

Check out the music video for Lorde's "Royals" here!

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